Shingling
The process of detaching impurities, as cinder, etc., from the blooms of puddled iron by hammering or compressing the ball, and thus preparing it for immediate conversion into bar iron by rolling. See MALLEABLE IRON; ROTARY SQUEEZER.
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The process of detaching impurities, as cinder, etc., from the blooms of puddled iron by hammering or compressing the ball, and thus preparing it for immediate conversion into bar iron by rolling. See MALLEABLE IRON; ROTARY SQUEEZER.